Hey Everyone,
This was a pretty good
week. It went by really quick.
We kinda celebrated Thanksgiving
on Tuesday. The sister missionaries in our ward made mashed potatoes and
gravy with turkey from a can.
Today we played futsol in the
court at the church. Last p-day we went and ate pique macho with Kevin
and Ariel. Kevin is doing really, really well church-wise.
This week the entire Valencia
family came to church together. The husband worked out an agreement with
his company where he works a double shift on Saturday finishing at 7:00 am on Sunday
and then doesn't have to work again until Monday. That agreement is sure for
the rest of this year and he thinks he will be able to extend it next year too.
We are still waiting on them to choose a marriage date but if they can get it
done before year's end they are all excited to be baptized on January 3rd.
The Bustamante twins are still
coming to church.
Sunday was the "Day of the Pedestrian"
which means there were no cars. That didn't help church attendance.
Gustavo got baptized. I can't
remember if I told you much about him. He's 15 and was an investigator of
the other elders in our ward. Due to Elder Stuehser getting sick and some
other odd circumstances, I've taught him quite a few times and I'd always see
him at church. He's a really nice kid. His family came to church
for all 3 hours yesterday too. They have a 5-year-old daughter with
leukemia so I think the church would be very good for them.
It is only 3 months until you
guys come pick me up. That's pretty crazy.
Yesterday we held a "Work of
Salvation" training for the ward. The missionaries and ward mission leader
spoke and we showed a few videos in an attempt to teach the ward the importance
of all of us working together. We had 50ish people over 12 years old in
attendance which was as good as we had hoped for. We made a big effort to try
and get it to start on time and it started 35 minutes late which is better than
normal but still crazy. We confirmed with members beforehand if they were
going to come and then starting 5 minutes after it was supposed to begin we
called everyone who hadn't come yet which was everyone but about 8
people. It makes it really hard to have activities here.
I'll try to figure when I'm gonna
call for Christmas this week to let you know. They gave us permission to
choose Christmas or Christmas Eve this year. I'm thinkin' that Christmas
will probably be easier.
Don't forget to go the temple
this week. It's Christmastime so do something nice for someone.
Also you should do nice things for people during other times of the year.
Also, I'm missing the snow and cold weather, it has been so hot here I can
hardly get to sleep.
Love,
Elder Howlett
P.S. John 14:26
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